"I think it's an amazing day for space," said Musk. "It means you can fly and re-fly an orbit class booster, which is the most expensive part of the rocket. This is going to be, hopefully, a huge revolution in spaceflight."

SpaceX said the mission, SES-10, marks a "historic milestone on the road to full and rapid reusability as the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket".